0 a person who makes fashionable clothes for women:
He was the son of fashionable Parisian modistes.
There were three of these high-class modistes living in the town.
The modiste conveyed the news that Szerénke came to work the next morning wearing a large diamond engagement ring.
In the shop, the local modiste seemed awed and fluttered about them, offering refreshments.
Elizabeth examined virtually every evening gown in the many modiste shops on Bond Street.
